THE ACADEMY
Film - New German Cinema

THE ACADEMY

Directed by Camilla Guttner

Info

Director: Camilla Guttner
Section: New German Cinema
Country: Germany
Year: 2024
PT: DIE AKADEMIE
OT: DIE AKADEMIE
Language: German
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Maja Bons, Luise Aschenbrenner, Jean-Marc Barr, Andreas Lust
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

A world premiere: Freedom, disillusionment, beauty, pressure, and poetry all have their place in the microcosm of this art academy.

Jojo has a dream: to become a great artist! But the path she must follow is not so dreamy. Young and idealistic, she enters the unforgiving environment of an art academy and joins a vibrant community of students and teachers who all struggle with the absurdities of life, love, and the art world.

Show calendar
Photocredits: Luca Bigazzi

Calendar

  • (only P&I)
    City 2
  • After the film: Q&A with Camilla Guttner and team

    Sendlinger Tor
  • After the film: Q&A with Camilla Guttner

    City 1
  • After the film: Q&A with Camilla Guttner

    ASTOR Astor Kino

Meet the director

THE ACADEMY

Camilla Guttner

Camilla Guttner was a master student of Sean Scully’s at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. She then studied feature-film directing at the University of Television and Film Munich (HFF). Her first full-length feature film, BLAUHIMMEL (2016), received 12 international awards.

Credits

Screenplay: Camilla Guttner
Director of Photography: Luca Bigazzi
Film Editor: Beatrice Babin, Christian Bach
Composer: Ege Ateslioglu, Meerkat Meerkat (Songs)
Production Designer: Markus Dicklhuber
Costume Design: Mara Laibacher, Luisa Rauschert
Sound: Alex Rubin
Sound design: Grand Post
Make-up artist: Julia Schlotke, Steffen Roßmanith
Casting director: Anja Dihrberg
Producer: Marcos Kantis, Korbinian Kalleder, Josef Brandmaier, Camilla Guttner
Production Company: Schiwago Film GmbH, SuperCine Gmbh, Penned Pictures GmbH, Standing Ovation Production
Distributor: Weltkino
TV channel: WDR, Arte, BR